נָגַע
nâgaʻ(naw-gah')
“properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.)”
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Definition
Strong’s Definition
properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.)
Translated in KJV as
beat([idiom] be able to) bring (down)castcome (nigh)draw near (nigh)get uphappenjoinnearplaguereach (up)smitestriketouch.
Etymology
a primitive root;
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“But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.”